How do I delete all of my asteroids?

[Clockwork13]

I am sick of having 217 asteroids lagging up my game. I could manually stop tracking them. But that would take hours. And I don't want to stop tracking them, I want to delete them completely.

Edited April 27, 2014 by Clockwork13

[Claw]

Edit your save file and delete them all. They are fairly short VESSEL structures. (Make a backup copy first.)

Looks like this:

		VESSEL
		{
			pid = fb06610f180142beb17387e28a2c84f3
			name = Ast. ZVR-322
			type = SpaceObject
			sit = ORBITING
			landed = False
			landedAt = 
			splashed = False
			met = 110.659999999995
			lct = 110.659999999995
			root = 0
			lat = -0.271988459583913
			lon = 195.978070920073
			alt = 15963249101.8198
			hgt = -1
			nrm = 0,1,0
			rot = -0.5223114,0.2410068,-0.7428201,0.3425269
			CoM = 0,0,0
			stg = 0
			prst = False
			ref = 0
			ORBIT
			{
				SMA = 15055215710.9587
				ECC = 0.0975413488631759
				INC = 1.11702342930218
				LPE = 340.148377268631
				LAN = 1.97915358785303
				MNA = 0.0572461865102652
				EPH = 4249176.99300781
				REF = 0
			}
			PART
			{
				name = PotatoRoid
				uid = 25365986
				mid = 25365986
				parent = 0
				position = 0,0,0
				rotation = 0,0,0,1
				mirror = 1,1,1
				istg = 0
				dstg = 0
				sqor = 0
				sidx = 0
				attm = 0
				srfN = None, -1
				mass = 150
				temp = 0
				expt = 0.1
				state = 1
				connected = True
				attached = True
				flag = 
				rTrf = 
			}
			ACTIONGROUPS
			{
			}
			DISCOVERY
			{
				state = 1
				lastObservedTime = 110.659999999995
				lifetime = 106694.443130493
				refTime = 1728000
				size = 4
			}
			FLIGHTPLAN
			{
			}
			CTRLSTATE
			{
			}
		}

Unless you renamed them, you should be able to find them by searching for "Ast."

[Clockwork13]

Edit your save file and delete them all. They are fairly short VESSEL structures. (Make a backup copy first.)

Looks like this:

		VESSEL
		{
			pid = fb06610f180142beb17387e28a2c84f3
			name = Ast. ZVR-322
			type = SpaceObject
			sit = ORBITING
			landed = False
			landedAt = 
			splashed = False
			met = 110.659999999995
			lct = 110.659999999995
			root = 0
			lat = -0.271988459583913
			lon = 195.978070920073
			alt = 15963249101.8198
			hgt = -1
			nrm = 0,1,0
			rot = -0.5223114,0.2410068,-0.7428201,0.3425269
			CoM = 0,0,0
			stg = 0
			prst = False
			ref = 0
			ORBIT
			{
				SMA = 15055215710.9587
				ECC = 0.0975413488631759
				INC = 1.11702342930218
				LPE = 340.148377268631
				LAN = 1.97915358785303
				MNA = 0.0572461865102652
				EPH = 4249176.99300781
				REF = 0
			}
			PART
			{
				name = PotatoRoid
				uid = 25365986
				mid = 25365986
				parent = 0
				position = 0,0,0
				rotation = 0,0,0,1
				mirror = 1,1,1
				istg = 0
				dstg = 0
				sqor = 0
				sidx = 0
				attm = 0
				srfN = None, -1
				mass = 150
				temp = 0
				expt = 0.1
				state = 1
				connected = True
				attached = True
				flag = 
				rTrf = 
			}
			ACTIONGROUPS
			{
			}
			DISCOVERY
			{
				state = 1
				lastObservedTime = 110.659999999995
				lifetime = 106694.443130493
				refTime = 1728000
				size = 4
			}
			FLIGHTPLAN
			{
			}
			CTRLSTATE
			{
			}
		}

Unless you renamed them, you should be able to find them by searching for "Ast."

I tried that before posting this thread, but I noticed I had the same amount of asteroids after doing it.

[Claw]

Weird. I just did it and they were all gone. Well, I also deleted this section:

	SCENARIO
	{
		name = ScenarioDiscoverableObjects
		scene = 7, 8, 5
		 = 1460279613
		sizeCurve
		{
			key = 0 0 1.5 1.5
			key = 0.3 0.45 0.875 0.875
			key = 0.7 0.55 0.875 0.875
			key = 1 1 1.5 1.5
		}
	}

[Clockwork13]

Weird. I just did it and they were all gone. Well, I also deleted this section:

	SCENARIO
	{
		name = ScenarioDiscoverableObjects
		scene = 7, 8, 5
		 = 1460279613
		sizeCurve
		{
			key = 0 0 1.5 1.5
			key = 0.3 0.45 0.875 0.875
			key = 0.7 0.55 0.875 0.875
			key = 1 1 1.5 1.5
		}
	}

Hmm ok. I'll try it again then.

[biohazard15]

Careful with scenario part, or you might end with no asteroids at all.

[Claw]

Careful with scenario part, or you might end with no asteroids at all.

My assumption was that was part of his goal. Although when I deleted that section a new asteroid showed up anyway. Although it's possoble I may have missed one in the edit.

[Clockwork13]

Now nothing happens when I click the resume button on the main menu, which is weird because the persistence file shouldn't even effect that.

[sal_vager]

A persistent.sfs that is malformed can indeed prevent that, I hope you made that backup.

[Clockwork13]

A persistent.sfs that is malformed can indeed prevent that, I hope you made that backup.

I made a backup, however I didn't really need it because I just pressed "Undo" and fixed it all.

EDIT: Well I managed to delete 17 asteroids just by poking around in the persistence file...

Edited April 27, 2014 by Clockwork13

[Clockwork13]

Anyways, thanks guys, I managed to shorten down my asteroid count to 4, and let the 17 other untracked asteroids despawn on their own.